Joseph Patrick Swanson

from Beverly Times (No longer published)July 10,1975In Danvers motelActress' son found deadDANVERS - The 51-year-old son of famed actress Gloria Swanson was found dead In his room at the Village Green Motor Ion on Route I in Danvers yesterday afternoon.The body of Joseph Patrick Swanson, 51, of 230 Corte Madera Rd., Portola Valley, California was found by housekeeper Edith McIntire at 1:06p.m. yesterday.He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Hunt Memorial Hospital. The cause of death has not been determined yet. An autopsy is to be performed at 11:45 a.m. this morning Police said they do not suspect foul play.It was reported that the housekeeper was going to take care of his room on Tuesday and called to make sure he would be out. Swanson answered the telephone reportedly, mumbling words which she did not understand. So the housekeeper decided to do his room Wednesday.McIntire entered Swanson's room yesterday and called to see if he was in. She then saw his body lying on the bathroom floor of the motel room and notified the manager, Ernest Tremblay, Jr.Tremblay then reported the incident to Danvers and state police.Lt. Edmund Noonan, Sgt. Roger Cyr, and Officer Walter Roberts investigated for Danvers Police. The body was then taken to the Hunt Memorial Hospital.Swanson was in Danvers as a consultant and electrical engineer for the Bates Linear Project, an atomic energy research center operated by MIT at the old Essex County Sanitarium In Middleton.He is survived by his wife, Susan (Evans), of California. No other information was available this morning.Swanson's body is to be sent to California, where funeral services will take place.

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